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jUST Sayin’

March 21, 2023

they’re doin’ the “timed test” arguments again– including that hey, we shouldn’t even be *arguing* about this because somehow “everybody knows” timed tests aren’t the best way to teach. When I was a kid, we called that “stop the silly argument, but I won!” as in, no, I can’t defend myself, so just *accept that […]

Wait Wait !

March 13, 2023

Almost noon of this first day of “spring break at the office” and YES I remembered just now to find that corrected image of bell curve with rounded off percentiles. Note: This is designed for our “math literacy” course, which only asks about numbers corresponding to *exact* standard deviations away from the mean. Yes, I […]

“distractions”

March 13, 2023

First day of Spring Break and I’m at the office; yes, that non-student has said good morning and availed themself of a snack from the snack bar, and I REALLY DO WANT TO SPEND AT LEAST 5 OF THE 28 HOURS (one of ’em is gone already) on the MOODLE course and 6 on the […]

Out of loops

March 9, 2023

… no, not out of spoons or energy or whatever, but apparently there’s an Illinois adult ed conference next week and it never broke through to my consciousness, though it’s whole promotion about 400+ people and a great place for your products tips me from “oh, could I pull it off? It’s spring break…” to […]

New concept helper

March 7, 2023

One of ’em wasn’t new: they were given a number line with 3.4 and 3.5 on it, and ten hatchmarks between anda dot on one of ’em; they’re task: what is that number? Nope, explaining Just Didn’t Work. ALEKS would have them put a zero at the end so it would be 3.40 and then […]

boring thought organizing

March 4, 2023

I’m perusing “how to do poster presentations” and oh, the audience is *so* clearly 20-something grad students trying to impress but this one from Hopkins looks good (LOL viewers will have different cognitive styles!). The big picture? Let’s try this: SOME STUDENTS NEED DEVELOPMENTAL MATH. SKILLS AND SCORES Students are arriving at college without the […]

another article about co-reqs